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[Android Apps and Games] geokilla:
As I thought, when I have my Captivate in my pocket, the notifications don't come on till after the proximity sensor sees light. As for the notification timeout, it goes off after a certain amount of time, which I believe in this case is 15 minutes as that's what I have it set to. Basically, scenario 1 by Enhanced. I never encountered Scenario 2 before.
[Android Apps and Games] gamerhan:
Hi, i have a problem. the phone's buttons becomes non-responsive when a sms comes in while it is plug in and charging, I have to reboot each time. Does anyone else have this problem too?
[Android Apps and Games] Specter1981:
Hello,

I am posting here in hopes of finding help for what could potentially be a great app. First things first - thanks for the effort - it is a great idea. Second - I tried to find an answer in the FAQ and this forum, but unfortunatelly couldn't for the time I have for this.

So here is the problem - the app is not working on my phone. I installed it from app brain, I installed the widget on my home screen, rebooted but still nada. The process is running, I checked. I don't have any automatic task killers, watchguard stuff and whatnot. My screen is locked with the puzzle swipe thingie (connect the dots).

This here is the list of apps (that I installed after getting the phone, besides the default ones):

appbrain.com/user/Specter1981/apps-on-the-phone

I would appreciate any kind of advice, link or anything like that. Thanks again.

Phone model - samsung galaxy s i9000
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Sorry if I didn't understand what you meant previously. Your scenario here is possible if the proximity sensor puts the cpu to "sleep mode". This could explain why the 1h timeout doesn't get fired at the right time. I'll need to run some tests for this and see if I can improve the way I'm doing it (without holding any additional wake locks :eek:)

No it doesn't.

Try to uncheck "disable touch screen" from the menu under misc.

Everything seems to be all right. Which version of Android are you running ? and any custom ROMs, themes ? root ? When hitting the test key under Colors, does it display all the icons/dots ? Also, what type of notification are you testing this with ? I'd recommend testing it with any of your gmail account because its pretty much the most reliable trigger. Unfortunately without any error logs or something to work with, its a little hard for me to debug it when it works perfectly on my device and on the emulator.
[Android Apps and Games] Specter1981:
Thanks for the answer.

Android froyo 2.2, kernel 2.6.32.9

None of the above - I only changed the desktop wallpaper as far as customization goes; will probably root it soon but haven't had the time for it yet.

The tests in colors and icons seem to work fine.

Notifications: missed calls, call messages, sms messages, gtalk.

Ok will do and see what happens.

If there is a way for me to give them to you just point me in the right direction/forum/information and I will do it.

Another thing: this morning as my alarm went off I snoozed it and noticed a dot after it went black again. I pushed the home button and unlocked the phone and noticed a calendar notification. I am mentioning this because my calendar notifications are disabled in noLED. Also after that I started testing again with calls and sms and now it seems to be working...

I will keep using and come back with more info about this. Thanks again - great app idea, great app!
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Unfortunately if the app doesn't FC, there isn't much you can log and send me.

You could always try the latest beta on the OP because it includes fixes and features the Market version doesn't have.
[Android Apps and Games] dalethefarmer:
Please implement the static location for notifications, I don't like the icons bouncing around... I would like it on the top left or middle... and I know the dangers of burning LED, it's my phone and I don't care about that. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] wideopn11:
Help using noLED with Launcher Pro

I absolutely love this app. It works great on my fascinate. I recently started using Launcher Pro and I saw in the FAQ that there are some compatibility issues. Does anyone have any advice or know how to get noLED to work with Launcher Pro? Sorry if I missed a thread on this topic.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
These compatibility issues were resolved a while back. I should take that off the list. You shouldn't be having any problems now :)
[Android Apps and Games] RaymondPJR:
NoLed

It's been a long time and I really don't remember correctly, but I think there was a setting to have the original dots (before Madmack made icons) in the upper right corner. Maybe the icons work the same way?:confused:
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
That's right, this option only works for the dots and not the icons because they fire less pixels than icons would, therefore trapping icons in a corner would make your screen more vulnerable.

I'm staying away from implementing static icons even if some guys are ok with the risk. The app is pretty popular now and I really don't want to deal with the average joe's burned pixels
[Android Apps and Games] wideopn11:
Thanks, I actually rebooted my phone a couple times and it seems to be working now. I also added to my home screen the noLED icon that appears to be an on/off switch. Not sure if that is an accurate assessment but it works. Does that icon turn on/off or switch from flashing dots vs icons when you get a notification?
[Android Apps and Games] dalethefarmer:
Is there anyway you can then add some type bar that sits ontop of the screens that resembles a loading bar?

Different colors for different notifications maybe... Man I wish I knew how to program... :(

Or maybe a glow like the picture attached... I can't program but I can do graphics, if you think it can be done and you need help let us know ;)
[Android Apps and Games] avogl:
I am chasing down battery life issues with my Vibrant and find that one of my bigger problems is that sensorserver_ya is running anytime that NoLED has a notification displayed on the screen. From what I have read this is tied to the use of the proximity sensor by NoLED but I do not have the proximity feature enabled. My phone spends a lot of time with notifications displayed so having the sensorserver_ya process running during this period is really having an adverse effect on battery life. Why does this process have to run if I am not enabling the proximity sensor feature? Using the proximity feature really doesn't help me to minimize notification display time because much of the time the phone is on a desk face up.

I have now stopped using NoLED because of this and would love to use it again as it has been one app that I have found to be essential on the Vibrant. Can NoLED be fixed so that the sesorserver_ya process is not used when the proximity feature is disabled?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
there is a known bug with some ROMs that keep sensor_ya operating anytime your screen is on. You could have that bug there. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure that I do disable all proximity sensors when NoLED turns on if you haven't checked any of em. Another thing that could trigger it is the light sensor: anytime you turn the screen on, your phone tries to adjust the brightness therefore it uses these sensors to determine the right brightness level.

Anyways, there hasn't been much updates or additions lately, so I'm releasing the latest copy to the market today :)
[Android Apps and Games] zero0n3:
Hi madmack

Thanks for wonderful app

What is the changelog for the today release?

When do you will release an update to support widgetlocker?

Thanks again!
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
changelog is available on the 2nd post, website and the market.

WidgetLocker's dev has been awesome is supplying changes to his app to be able to make it work with NoLED. Unfortunately, I haven't had enough time to sit down, install WidgetLocker, and try to make both work together with his given APIs. It'll just take more time I'm afraid. I'm also delaying this because I'm thinking of moving back to not relying on the lock screen to trigger events. Although this is messy in code, it'll fix the problems with both WidgetLocker and NoLock. So i'm delaying things a bit to see if I can work out an efficient way to get NoLED to work without the lock screen.
[Android Apps and Games] terryhau:
When actively using google talk on the PC, android seems to know, and doesnt show any message notifications. However, noled still shows the notifications, even though android isn't showing. As a result, when chatting on google talk on PC, noled notification is always coming on.

Edit:

Strange, it was happening before, now its not happening.

Now it's started again.

Noled notification even comes up when im using the phone.

Had to disable google talk in noled.

On Google Nexus S.
[Android Apps and Games] ywk:
I m currently using Nexus S. Everythings worked fine until the v4.1.11 released.

Now, the notification still comes out, but the Vibrate and Audio reminder is not working anymore. I did try reinstall the apps, but it's still the same. Could someone tell me how to solve it ? Thanks !
[Android Apps and Games] rzuf:
I have same problem on Galaxy S, no sound notifications.. :(
[Android Apps and Games] ywk:
Yes, I think we can only wait for the new update or back to the previous version for the time being.
[Android Apps and Games] buckcherry1:
Time display

i really like the time display, have been looking for it for ages.

still minor bugs, i guess as it keeps flashing every 5 minutes.

My biggest desire: time display ONLY when pressing a button, ideally the volume button, or the home screen button.

is there a chance to get such an option added.

I d really appreciate the effort.

thx anyway for work done

best regards

BUCK
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
There isn't much I can do here because Android updates the database of gtalk as you chat on your PC as well. I haven't found a flag or a trigger to indicate whether these chatting sessions are happening on the phone or on the PC.

Audio reminder has a bug in 4.1.11 (had it up for beta for a while, no complaints :( hard to detect all these bugs when new features are implemented). I'm fixing this in the next release.

To do this, I'll have to override a button's functionality which I'd rather stay away from. maybe a widget that u can use to toggle the clock, that would be more feasible.

Edit: just released 4.1.12 on the market which fixed the audio notification problem.
[Android Apps and Games] rzuf:
In 4.1.12 I have sound notifications on Galaxy S, but I have question too: max interval for sound is 60 sec? My phone ring every 1 minute even if I set interval to 300 sec. If five minutes pass I have double sound and again one in every 60 sec.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
it shouldn't. there isn't any max interval set anywhere. I have it set to 1200 seconds.

i'm not entirely sure how it'd work with "delay all", "proximity sensor" or "blink features". so make sure these are disabled when testing.
[Android Apps and Games] rzuf:
My mistake,verry sorry, works fine.

This was another application rang..
[Android Apps and Games] rubik:
On the Nexus S , when the notification appears, the 4 softkeys get lite up and stays lite up as long as the notification. Is there anyway to make the softkeys not lite up ?
[Android Apps and Games] emelie:
just a small error: in the changelog in post #2 and on your website you use "2010" for the changes that happenend in the last month. should be "2011" to give the correct impression that this is a very actively maintained application ;)
[Android Apps and Games] frenzy757:
I just got a Nexus S...

When I get notifications the capacitive buttons stay lit which is very annoying.

I see there is an option to turn that off, but it doesn't do anything. Anyone having this issue or is that not a functionality yet?
[Android Apps and Games] terryhau:
I think he has stated before that he is aware of the problem, but can't fix it because he doesnt have a Nexus S.
[Android Apps and Games] frenzy757:
if that is true that sucks
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
No way of doing this so far. the Nexus S has a bug that doesn't turn off the backlights even if you use the correct APIs. only google can fix this (or if i had a nexus s on hand to try to disable drivers manually by writing to the filesystem).

lol, good catch ! changing it
[Android Apps and Games] frenzy757:
Do you know if Google is aware of this problem/is going to fix it? Just wondering.

Thanks for the hard work!
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I guess they are.

More info here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13299
[Android Apps and Games] Doctor Yes:
Wonderfull app. But since I updated my Samsung Galaxy S to 2.2.1 I've got a small problem. Every time I reboot my SGS, Noled resets to its default settings. Before 2.2.1 I didn't have these problems. What could this be?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
that's a known problem with some of these 2.2.1 roms. google around to find a fix. I believe it involves deleting the NoLED data folder under /data/data/com.led.notify or something like that. someone posted a solution a few pages back on this thread too.
[Android Apps and Games] avogl:
madmack, thank you for your response.

I have attached a screencap of sensorserver_ya activity (top graph) from SystemPanel. The two areas of increased sensorserver_ya activity (just before 4pm and from approx 8:30pm to 10:30pm were when NoLED had notifications displayed on the screen. Once the notifications were cleared sensorserver_ya activity goes back to normal usage. The second graph shows the effect on battery drain during this period, the third graph shows device usage at 100% and the fourth shows cpu activity at a constant 10% during notification display periods. Other areas of reduced sensorserver_ya activity were when I was using the phone and I would consider those normal for normal phone usage when the display is on. As you can see my areas of abnormal, high sensorserver_ya activity is only when NoLED has notifications on the screen. I do not have the proximity sensor enabled in NoLED and am running FROYO 2.2 on a Vibrant.

Anyway, this is the problem that I am having with NoLED and its effect on battery usage. Hopefully this information will help. Any thoughts?
[Android Apps and Games] avogl:
I attached the wrong image above. This is the one I meant to attach where the fourth graph is visable.
[Android Apps and Games] Doctor Yes:
Ok, I'll look around for the fix. Thanks anyway. Donation is on the way;)
[Android Apps and Games] ripclaw2002:
charging indicator doesnt work on nexus S.

Steps i did

1) put widget on home screen (does it need to be on home screen or other screens are ok?)

2) enable NoLed

3)charge phone

4)wait for screen to go blank

5)no charging indicator

P.S in step 4 > waiting for screen to go blank, it doesnt work. But if i force a sleep (ie by pressing the power button briefly, then it works)....weird.
[Android Apps and Games] popmonkey:
sorry if this was discussed in the previous 150+ pages (: i did search but did not find it:

i see you now show a charging indicator. would it be possible to also add a feature where noled is only activated when the phone is charging? in my world the phone is charging next to the bed at home or next to my laptop at work. other times it's in my pocket where i don't need to see notifications. the proximity sensor is a good idea but it means the phone stays awake. ideally noled would respond to AC/USB power intents and only cause phone to be awake then.
[Android Apps and Games] sophistical:
I don't think that's something the app can do out-of-the-box but the developer made it so that the app can be updated by tasker. So you could make a tasker profile to turn NoLED on when you plug in and off when you unplug it. If you review what tasker is capable of I think you'd agree that this is more powerful than this just being a feature of the NoLED app as you could program many other events as well; such as to turn on bluetooth and wifi when you plug in or are at home as well as enable/disable NoLED. (My Opinion anyway.) Tasker is available in the market for ~$6 and available for ~$5 direct purchase.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Here is what I think is happening during that time: NoLED activates the screen when its displaying any notifications. Sensors are automatically switched on when the screen is on in Android. These sensors are not only monitoring proximity, but automatic brightness control, auto rotation, etc. This explains why you have a spike in sensor activity during that time or anytime you use your phone.

Unfortunately Android doesn't provide any APIs to switch the screen on and put all sensors to sleep, or better yet, to idle the CPU like some Nokia devices do when displaying time on the AMOLED screen. I'm trying hard to be as efficient and to use little resources when displaying notifications, but I can only do so much. Without theses necessary APIs, I'm afraid we'll have to make do with what we have.

Make sure you enable charging indicator under toggle. then unplug your phone if its charging and replug it. It should work when the screen switches off, unless some other task is deliberately killing the NoLED background services. When the notifications are displayed, simply unplug your phone and the notification will be dismissed.

there is so much room for additional options, but I try to keep the menu options as basic as possible. I recommend what sophistical recommended for these sort of scenarios. Use tasker or locale. NoLED supports a plugin that allows you enable/disable the service :)
[Android Apps and Games] frenzy757:
I have another question...

If I enable the prox sensor and unlimited time for notification and the phone is in my phone and I get a notification...what will the power consumption be like? I assume the proxy sensor still draws power but it shuts off the screen thus saving power that way?

I guess the real question is:

Is it different to have a 5 min limit and a proxy sensor

or unlimited time and the proxy sensor

given both situations the phone will be in my pocket the entire time.
[Android Apps and Games] de31:
anyone else having trouble with the proximity sensor always dismissing the notification even though i dont have "Dismiss with Proximity Sensor" on? (i only have "Proximity Sensor" on)
[Android Apps and Games] aktp-iciook:
Hi Madmack :)

Just to say thank you for your continuous support and response to a number of requests and queries over 150 pages or so. My problems have been solved by those of your answers. Kudos to the "monitored apps" and charging notification. They work pretty well :D

Please keep it up :)

Cheers,
[Android Apps and Games] disk0rdia:
I have issue/bug with NoLed.

When i'm listening music with the Galaxy headphones & default music player and the screen is off, and appears a notification I can't click the headphones button (that allows stop/play the music) until I turn on the screen clicking some phone button.

Thx for the app, it's really a must-have for Galaxy Users!
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Definitely a 5 min limit. Proximity sensor does draw power and if the phone is in ur pockets and u have auto rotate enabled for example, these sensors are up and working as well.

It seems like its an Android limitation: if you have your screen locked, audio controls are not processed. I have a suggestion, get Tasker and set NoLED to switch off when headphones are plugged :)
[Android Apps and Games] disk0rdia:
ok, is an idea, but really i do not want switch off no led :-\ My daily routine is like this: i work listening music with phone, i stop/restart the music many times to speak with other people with headphone button. So i need my headphone-button works (this way i don't need turn on/off all time the screen to click pause), but i also want nolead notification, because i'm listening music, and i need know when some mail or some message arrive without turn on every 15 minutes the phone, so really i would the two things working :-\

thx for work!
[Android Apps and Games] Taomyn:
I have the same issue plus it blocks Bluetooth controls as well, but I can't agree its an Android limitation, that would have been complained about long ago.

Disabling NoLED and allowing the screen to lock doesn't effect the controls, it only happens if NoLED is running and it starts displaying an alert. As was stated, clearing the alert but not unlocking the screen unblocks the controls.

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[Android Apps and Games] frenzy757:
Thanks, so if I do a 5 minute limit and the proxy sensor, the 5 min limit trumps the proxy sensor correct? After 5 minutes it will all shut down?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Not many apps display their Activity (window) constantly in front of the lock screen. That could explain why you don't see that behavior with other apps or when the activity is destroyed and you're only left with the lock screen.

I'm not disabling or overriding any sound APIs per se. If anybody has any idea, please let me know. I'll look into the flags I'm setting, could be one of em.

Yea, after 5 minutes your notification should be gone.
[Android Apps and Games] Taomyn:
I mainly use DoggCatcher and apart from the optional notification icon there's nothing being displayed on the lock screen for it.

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[Android Apps and Games] Enhanced:
Correct me if I'm wrong, and I could very well be, but isn't that situation similar to the issue I posted previously?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10816792&postcount=1911

The issue is that with the proximity sensor being in use, NoLED will not timeout no matter what it is set at. Unless you found a way to fix this?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
you're absolutely right, it is the same issue. I haven't got around to testing it out yet to see if the timeout is triggered during proximity sensor activity. but in theory it should work. some guy reported it working on this thread we well.

Edit: just tried that and it works perfectly here. flipped the phone over so the proximity sensor was on, and set the timeout to 5 min. sure enough, flipped the phone back after 6 mins and no notification was visible.
[Android Apps and Games] RaymondPJR:
NoLED

Umm...I've been following this thread for a long time and have seen many new options built into this app. It now has a staggering number of options and features. I don't use a lot of them because I know I'd have trouble figuring them all out. Just reading about them makes my head want to explode. I know you have a Q&A, but any chance of a Video Tutorial to illustrate many of the features/settings, not just for me, but for others who are similarly challenged?:D

PS. Don't anyone suggest I make one! I'm definitely not the man for the job! Lol!:D
[Android Apps and Games] GrAndAG:
Power consumption

Just wondering... Is it normal that NoLed ate 11% of battery for 2.5 hours of dot showing? In the same time the battery lost only 3% during 8 hours before NoLed appeared with its dot on screen.

The battery discharge graph is attached. The time range, when NoLed displayed its notification, is highlighted with red.

PS. The phone is Samsung Galaxy S.
[Android Apps and Games] Enhanced:
Just tried it again and nothing has changed. When I did it, the notification still showed up after 5 minutes (my timeout setting). I updated to 4.1.12 as well. Am I doing something wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] geokilla:
I think you're the only one getting that problem... With Proximity sensor on and notification timeout set to 15 minutes, covering the proximity sensor dismisses the notification. Uncovering it brings the notification back. Same thing applies if 15 minutes has passed.
[Android Apps and Games] Enhanced:
It's not suppose to after 15 minutes have passed. You just proved that you have the same situation as I do.

If the timeout is set at 15 minutes, how come the notification still appears after 15 minutes? The timeout should kill any notifications in all instances, despite being flipped over, flipped up, upside down, inside out, sideways etc. (you get my point).